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If through a vulnerability assessment, a network security issue is detected for the vulnerability below, applying the appropriate security patches in a timely matter is very important. If you have detected that your system has already been compromised, following CERT's Network Security recovery document will assist with recommended steps for system recovery. Home >> Browse Vulnerability Assessment Database >> Gentoo Local Security Checks >> [GLSA-200502-03] enscript: Multiple vulnerabilities Vulnerability Assessment Details
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[GLSA-200502-03] enscript: Multiple vulnerabilities |
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enscript: Multiple vulnerabilities Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Assessment The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200502-03 (enscript: Multiple vulnerabilities) Erik Sjolund discovered several issues in enscript: it suffers from several buffer overflows (CVE-2004-1186), quotes and shell escape characters are insufficiently sanitized in filenames (CVE-2004-1185), and it supported taking input from an arbitrary command pipe, with unwanted side effects (CVE-2004-1184). Impact A possible hacker could design malicious files or input data which, once feeded into enscript, would trigger the execution of arbitrary code with the rights of the user running enscript. Workaround There is no known workaround at this time. References: http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2004-1184 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2004-1185 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2004-1186 Solution: All enscript users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-text/enscript-1.6.3-r3" Network Security Threat Level: Medium Networks Security ID: Vulnerability Assessment Copyright: (C) 2005 Michel Arboi |
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